Author: Pennsylvania Economy League
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Category : Schools
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Report of the Survey of the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education
Author: Pennsylvania Economy League
Publisher:
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Category : Schools
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Schools
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Record of Current Educational Publications
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1686
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1686
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A Study of the Educational Department of the Pittsburgh Public Schools
Author: Pittsburgh Board of Public Education (Pa.). Survey Commission
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Category : Educational surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Publisher:
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Category : Educational surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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A Study of the Educational Department of the Pittsburgh Public Schools
Author: Pittsburgh School District. Board of Public Education
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Bulletin
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
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Bulletin - Bureau of Education
Author: United States. Bureau of Education
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
The Schenley Experiment
Author: Jake Oresick
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271079770
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Schenley Experiment is the story of Pittsburgh’s first public high school, a social incubator in a largely segregated city that was highly—even improbably—successful throughout its 156-year existence. Established in 1855 as Central High School and reorganized in 1916, Schenley High School was a model of innovative public education and an ongoing experiment in diversity. Its graduates include Andy Warhol, actor Bill Nunn, and jazz virtuoso Earl Hines, and its prestigious academic program (and pensions) lured such teachers as future Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather. The subject of investment as well as destructive neglect, the school reflects the history of the city of Pittsburgh and provides a study in both the best and worst of urban public education practices there and across the Rust Belt. Integrated decades before Brown v. Board of Education, Schenley succumbed to default segregation during the “white flight” of the 1970s; it rose again to prominence in the late 1980s, when parents camped out in six-day-long lines to enroll their children in visionary superintendent Richard C. Wallace’s reinvigorated school. Although the historic triangular building was a cornerstone of its North Oakland neighborhood and a showpiece for the city of Pittsburgh, officials closed the school in 2008, citing over $50 million in necessary renovations—a controversial event that captured national attention. Schenley alumnus Jake Oresick tells this story through interviews, historical documents, and hundreds of first-person accounts drawn from a community indelibly tied to the school. A memorable, important work of local and educational history, his book is a case study of desegregation, magnet education, and the changing nature and legacies of America’s oldest public schools.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271079770
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Schenley Experiment is the story of Pittsburgh’s first public high school, a social incubator in a largely segregated city that was highly—even improbably—successful throughout its 156-year existence. Established in 1855 as Central High School and reorganized in 1916, Schenley High School was a model of innovative public education and an ongoing experiment in diversity. Its graduates include Andy Warhol, actor Bill Nunn, and jazz virtuoso Earl Hines, and its prestigious academic program (and pensions) lured such teachers as future Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather. The subject of investment as well as destructive neglect, the school reflects the history of the city of Pittsburgh and provides a study in both the best and worst of urban public education practices there and across the Rust Belt. Integrated decades before Brown v. Board of Education, Schenley succumbed to default segregation during the “white flight” of the 1970s; it rose again to prominence in the late 1980s, when parents camped out in six-day-long lines to enroll their children in visionary superintendent Richard C. Wallace’s reinvigorated school. Although the historic triangular building was a cornerstone of its North Oakland neighborhood and a showpiece for the city of Pittsburgh, officials closed the school in 2008, citing over $50 million in necessary renovations—a controversial event that captured national attention. Schenley alumnus Jake Oresick tells this story through interviews, historical documents, and hundreds of first-person accounts drawn from a community indelibly tied to the school. A memorable, important work of local and educational history, his book is a case study of desegregation, magnet education, and the changing nature and legacies of America’s oldest public schools.